Professor Perspectives: Archaeology and Cultural History of Indigenous Foodways
Moderated by Professor John Marston, Panelists: Prof. Catherine West and Prof. Wade Campbell
Catherine West and a colleague receive an NSF Grant
Grant titled,Historical Ecology of the Pacific Cod Fishery.
Professor West’s Ancestral Alutiiq Foods Project at the Alutiiq Museum press release
Ancestral Alutiiq Foods Project
Catherine West published in The Oceans Past Initiative (OPI).
Catherine West‘s research featured in the Oceans Past Initiative newsletter, PDF of article. The Oceans Past Initiative (OPI) is a global research network for marine historical research. Congratulations Catherine!
John Marston and Catherine West are co-authors on a paper published in Science
The article is a reconsideration of the entire history of land use of the Earth. It was sourced by asking regional experts to contribute their areas of expertise and thus represents an expert consensus on land use histories. Marston and West are among those experts who contributed as authors. The primary finding of the article […]
Catherine West delivered baby!
May 23, Professor Catherine West welcomed Elin Foster West at 4:00 in the afternoon, weighing 6lbs 15oz. Congratulations to the West family!
CAS AR410 digs a historic site in the North End with City of Boston Archaeologist
CAS AR 410, Archaeological Research Design and Materials Analysis, taught by Professor Catherine West and teaching assistant, Kathleen Forste (GRS’21), worked on material from a historic site in Boston’s North End. The students wrote blog posts reflecting on their analysis of 17-19th century artifacts from a possible privy at the Pierce-Hichborn House. https://www.boston.gov/news/studying-artifacts-pierce-hichborn-house https://www.instagram.com/bostonarchaeo/ https://www.instagram.com/bu_archaeology/
BU Archaeology Faculty, Students, and Alum presenting at this year SAA Meeting
The 84th SAA Meeting, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico April 10 to the 14, 2019 Presenters Catherine F. West and Ben Fitzhugh Human Behavioral Ecology and the Complexities of Arctic Foodways (Thursday, 8am) Symposium: Human Behavioral Ecology at the Coastal Margins: Global Perspectives on Coastal & Maritime Adaptations (Thursday, 8am–12pm) 115 Brazos Ben Fitzhugh, Catherine […]
Professor Catherine West a 2018 – 2020 Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellows
Professor Catherine West is one of 12 Pardee Center Research Fellows for academic year 2018 – 2020. Fellowship comes with seed money for a two or three year interdisciplinary research project. The funds will assist Professor West with her Symposium on Circumpolar Climate Change, Resource Management, and Applied Archaeology. Read more about Professor West and […]
Kathleen Forste recipient of the CAS Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award
On Thursday, May 3, 2018 CAS Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award was awarded to Kathleen Forste for her dedication to assisting in undergraduate courses. Congratulations Kathleen!